By Adeyemi Adepetun TELECOMMUNICATIONS service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a major upgrade and overhaul on its network infrastructure nationwide in a move to ensure its over 50 million customers continue to enjoy the best experience on voice call and mobile Internet services. As part of the exercise, Airtel has upgraded all its 2G […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso COMPUTER Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) (CPN) has condemned the proposed NITDA Bill 2021 in its entirety. CPN delegates, led by the President and Chairman of Council, Kole Jagun, were at the stakeholders engagement, recently organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to consider the proposed NITDA Bill 2021 […]
Read MoreTELECOMMUNICATIONS firm, MTN, in partnership with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has offered 5000 evacuated returnees displaced by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war more humanitarian aid to ease their premature return to the country. “1,199 have been evacuated so far from Ukraine,” NIDCOM announced in a Twitter post on March 11, 2022. A […]
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun NIGERIA’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, accompanied by the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta is leading the Nigerian delegation to the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022. The Mobile World Congress, the most influential conference […]
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is unwavering in its commitment to deploy a Revenue Assurance Solution (RAS) in the telecommunication sector to ensure a more robust Annual Operating Levy (AOL) administration in the telecoms industry. This subject matter was the focus of an industry stakeholder consultative engagement organised by the […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso As the weeklong 2022 edition of AfricaNXT opened at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos, discussants at panel sessions and other participants have acknowledged the positive impact of Federal Government’s policy and regulatory efforts, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in fostering increased connectivity. There was a groundswell of opinion that […]
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun OVER the past two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Africa’s economy has contracted by 2.1 per cent and regional growth is expected to be muted in 2022 compared to 2021. Economic recovery and growth are top of mind for countries and many are now realising that accelerated digital transformation is […]
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso ON a note that signals a momentous year for the Commission, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has already put two awards in its kitty, as it receives The Regulator of the Year Award for 2021. Its Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), Prof. Umar Danbatta, also received the Public Official […]
Read MoreBy Favour Onukaso TRADERS operating at Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos are upbeat about market turnaround in 2022, after witnessing lull in the last 18 months due to the impact of COVID-19 and slow economic growth in Nigeria. Marketers, who spoke with The Guardian at the weekend, expressed mixed feelings about market recovery, but appealed to both the […]
Read MoreBy Adeyemi Adepetun SOCIAL media platform, Meta, has announced the launch of the ‘Good IdeasDeserve To Be Found’ campaign to spotlight the inspiring stories of the people behind the businesses who are using its technologies to achieve a social purpose and do impactful things across several industries in Nigeria. Through this campaign, Meta aims […]
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